We Have Created 1.9 million Square Feet of Charter School Facilities for a Total of $192 million in Transactions

Building Schools and Building Dreams

Education Facility Solutions can help you take the vision of your charter school facility and make it a reality. The intricacies of piecing together the charter school facility puzzle is something that can not only be overwhelming, but also extremely difficult if the appropriate experts are not engaged. Our team will provide a proven turnkey process for accomplishing the goals of your school, allowing you to focus on your core objectives - teaching, mentoring and growing the next generation of charter school students.

Whether you are trying to determine what to include in your charter application or your school is ready for its long term facility, we understand the challenges that charter schools are constantly faced with. Our turnkey services coupled with our extensive charter school experience has positioned our team to provide your school with the expertise imperative for your school to accomplish its goals.

Whether your school needs assistance locating and acquiring a new facility or assistance locating the financial resources available for your project having successfully completed over forty charter school transactions in excess of 1.9 million square feet, EFS is the right team for your project. Our services will assist you with every aspect of opening or relocating your charter school. EFS provides full service facility resources so your administrators can focus on the most valuable assets of your school - the students, the staff, and the success of your program.

What We Do

We focus on one thing: Achieving facility solutions for charter schools. Whether your school is moving to a long term solution or you are a new school working on an application, EFS will take your facility program from start to finish. We can offer you a variety of services including:

Property Acquisition

Transaction Structure Consultation

Financing Consultation

Project Team Assembly

Construction Management

Enrollment Projection

Facility Master Plan

Facility Action Plan

Facility Funding Plan

Our personal involvement in the charter school community is another way our services differ from other providers. We understand the charter school world and the impact that a well designed and operated charter school has on its community.

Our national capabilities will provide your school with the resources needed to succeed. Whether your organization needs assistance with acquisition of real estate, advice for aligning your school with investors for a new construction project, or simply establishing a streamlined approach for your schools' facility needs, we will enhance your organizations' ability to accomplish its goals!

Existing Schools

Charter Contract Review
Our team will assist with review of the contract from a real estate perspective and make sure that the school is not committing to a facility solution that is unrealistic.

Grant Writing Assistance
After serving on various grant review committees as well as a charter school Board of Directors, our team has the expertise to guide you through any real estate related issues that present themselves during the process.

Project Team Assembly
Assembling the Project Team can be the most critical portion of the facility process. This can range from the complete creation of a construction team, to involvement of a lending institution, to directly financing a portion of the costs.

Building Acquisition (Purchase or Lease)
This entails a comprehensive property search followed by a delicate negotiation process that includes motivating the Landlord/Seller to insure the school a successful contract.

Land Acquisition
EFS has the resources to uncover site alternatives even those that may not be on the market. We will help your team search and evaluate the viability of a site and the costs associated with site improvements.

New Facility Construction
EFS has the experience to help you build your new facility from the ground up. As the lead throughout the entire development process we ensure your facility is built on time and in budget.

Construction Management (Owner's Representation)
Our Owner’s Representatives are unique in that they have access to some of the best resources in the industry. As the lead throughout the entire construction process we ensure your facility is built on time and in budget.

New Schools

Market Research/ Demographic Studies
Utilize our mapping and research capabilities to plot the location of competition and amenities for your school as well as a detailed target of your desired population base to ensure the highest possible student growth rates.

Charter Contract Review
Our team will assist with review of the contract from a real estate perspective and make sure that the school is not committing to a facility solution that is unrealistic.

Grant Writing Assistance
After serving on various grant review committees as well as a charter school Board of Directors, our team has the expertise to guide you through any real estate related issues that present themselves during the process.

Project Team Assembly
Assembling the Project Team can be the most critical portion of the facility process. This can range from the complete creation of a construction team, to involvement of a lending institution, to directly financing a portion of the costs.

Building Acquisition (Purchase or Lease)
This entails a comprehensive property search followed by a delicate negotiation process that includes motivating the Landlord/Seller to insure the school a successful contract.

Land Acquisition
EFS has the resources to uncover site alternatives even those that may not be on the market. We will help your team search and evaluate the viability of a site and the costs associated with site improvements.

New Facility Construction
EFS has the experience to help you build your new facility from the ground up. As the lead throughout the entire development process we ensure your facility is built on time and in budget.

Construction Management (Owner's Representation)
Our Owner’s Representatives are unique in that they have access to some of the best resources in the industry. As the lead throughout the entire construction process we ensure your facility is built on time and in budget.

Experience

Having successfully completed over fifty charter projects nationally over the past decade, EFS has unparalleled experience in the industry. The creativity and abilities developed from this experience has allowed EFS to challenge the norms of this rapidly growing industry, creating the best solutions for its clients.